Andrea Harrison tied a record with her third home run at the Women’s College World Series, Samantha Camuso and Julie Burney also homered and UCLA outslugged Hawaii 5-2 Friday night to advance in the winners’ bracket.

Hawaii (50-15) came in with an NCAA record 156 home runs but got overpowered by a Bruins team that had won its previous three games by the mercy rule.

Camuso hit a two-run homer in the second inning as the fifth-seeded Bruins (47-11) chased starter Stephanie Ricketts (30-9) after she had gotten only three outs. Burney and Harrison added solo home runs for the Bruins.

Alexandra Aguirre provided Hawaii’s offense with a two-run homer in the fourth after fouling off 14 straight pitches by Megan Langenfeld (13-1).

For UCLA, the current four-year run without an appearance in the championship round amounts to a significant drought. In the first 24years of the World Series, the Bruins never went back-to-back seasons without playing for the title – winning 11 championships, including one that was vacated, and losing seven times.

Since then, the Bruins have been notably absent late in the World Series.

But behind Langenfeld – a national player of the year finalist – the Bruins are back, or at least close to getting there.

UCLA will need only one win in two games Sunday to reach the best-of-3 title series.

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UCLA 15, Kent St. 1: Gerrit Cole pitched five innings of one-hit ball, Chris Giovinazzo knocked in three runs and the Bruins cruised to the victory in the Los Angeles regional.